Paddymelon: Fruit, compared with large glove

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Vines (Cucurbitales)

Family:

Gourd (Cucurbitaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Paddymelon (Citrullus colocynthis)

This Photo:

Fruit, compared with large glove

Other names:

Bitter Apple or Paddy Melon

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
Fruits we've measure were between ~90mm up to ~180mm wide, with yellow flowers being ~25mm wide.
But this is a good comparision between the large and prickly paddymelons, as well as a mallee leaf.
The fuit is covered in transparent 'hairs', which don't seem to change much in size as the fruit grows. Being very 'fury' when young & small to barely visible when ripe & large.
The fruits are generally spherical, but can become eliptoid with age.

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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